‘My Tip-off To To South Africa’s Apartheid Government Led To 1962 Mandela’s Arrest’ -Ex-CIA Spy

‘My  Tip-off To To South Africa’s  Apartheid Government Led To 1962 Mandela’s Arrest’ -Ex-CIA Spy

Former operative says Americans believed the leader was ‘completely under the control of the Soviet Union’, report reveals A tip from a CIA spy to authorities in apartheid-era South Africa led to Nelson Mandela’s arrest, beginning the leader’s 27 years behind bars, a report said on Sunday. Donald Rickard, a former US vice-consul in Durban and CIA operative, told British film director John Irvin that he had been involved in Mandela’s arrest in 1962, which…

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